Prayer

db2 get snapshot for tables on <database>

When I run your commaned, I get the following error:

SQL1427N  An instance attachment does not exist.

Do you know what this means?  I verified that I was connected to the database.  What is an instance attachment?

Every database will belong to an instance. AFAIK you can have only 1 instance on a server.
Usually the attachment is implicit and you need not specify it first.
If you're on an other node then you may need to attach first:

db2 attach to nodeX
db2 list applications
db2 force application all
db2 detach

x= node

Ties Blom

 

 

 

issue:

db2 list database directory

among other data there is something like:

Node name = ??????
Directory entry type = Remote (local)
Catalog node number = x

If it is listed as remote, then you may need to

CATALOG NODE

Ties Blom

Good question.
If you have an installation out of the box, then you should probably use the db2admin account (administrator)
Check within operating system if the password has been changed (DB2 loans passwords from the operating system)

In all probability it should be like:

attach to db2 user db2admin using <password>
<command 1>
<command 2>

....

I used to work directly from the server console which circumvents these type of problems..

Ties Blom


DB2 GET AUTHORIZATIONS

should give a list of the levels for the current user.

also dba view: SYSCAT.DBAUTH

Ties Blom

I use DB2 on AIX and in my testing systems I have many instances, all  containing many databases, all on the same server.

Just thought it worth pointing out.

Cheers
Greg

AFAIK this is not possible on Windows, but then my knowledge is from DBA courses before recent versions were released.

Ties Blom

You can have multiple instances on Windows also.

You set which isntance to attach to using the environment variable DB2INSTANCE. I'm not aware of any other setting, but my experience of DB2 on Windows is limited to non-production systems. So, I may have not noticed some other settings.

Regarding, ddiamond  problem, check which Operating System group you are in ?

Also check for the dbm configs,

db2 get dbm cfg

for SYSADM_GROUP and SYSMAINT_GROUP.

If the SYSMAINT_GROUP does not have any value, you can set the group (or your dba can) ti the windoews group you are in.

If you want SYSADM rights (db2admin likeuy will have), then add your user to the SYSADM_GROUP group. If this value is also null, then it means administrator group is the SYSADM_GROUP. Add yourself to administrator group

HTH

Sathyaram

CODE  Direct SYSADM authority                    = NO  Direct SYSCTRL authority                   = NO  Direct SYSMAINT authority                  = NO  Direct DBADM authority                     = YES  Direct CREATETAB authority                 = YES  Direct BINDADD authority                   = YES  Direct CONNECT authority                   = YES  Direct CREATE_NOT_FENC authority           = YES  Direct IMPLICIT_SCHEMA authority           = YES  Direct LOAD authority                      = YES  Direct QUIESCE_CONNECT authority           = YES  Direct CREATE_EXTERNAL_ROUTINE authority   = YES  Direct SYSMON authority                    = NO Do I need SYSADM, SYSCTRL, and SYSMAINT authority?  If so, how do I set them to YES?  Does my network administrator have to put me in the window's SYSADMIN group?

Great to hear. I wish I would be in the position of working with DB2 again. Really missing it. Have a succesful 2007 by the way!